Genesis 26:16

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Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you are much mightier than we."

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The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

Canaan in the Patriarchal AgeCanaan during the patriarchal period, before the Israelite conquest.

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Gerar was a Philistine royal center in the Negev region, where Isaac had settled after leaving Egypt during the famine. Although Rehoboth and the Valley of Gerar occur later in the chapter, Abimelech’s command here forces Isaac to move from

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Genesis 26:16 mentions Egypt, Gerar, Rehoboth and Valley of Gerar.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato